INDIGO MESS A RESULT OF BJP'S FAVOURITISM: CONGRESS

The crisis reflects a government that has weaponised policy, regulation, and public assets to build dominance for its chosen conglomerates, says Congress.

- ANAND SINGH

With chaos prevailing at most airports across the country due to a crew shortage at IndiGo Airlines and at least 1,000 flights cancelled in the last four days the Congress on Saturday blamed the government for the crisis, saying it was not an accident but a direct outcome of the BJP government's relentless push to manufacture a duopoly in the aviation sector.

The Congress also demanded a white paper on the large-scale cancellations and dubbed the formation of a four-member committee an "eyewash."

Congress MP and War Room chairman S. Senthil said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised ease of air travel through the UDAN scheme, but in reality, he had given people a "cease" of air travel.

He said the ongoing chaos at IndiGo was not an accident but the direct result of the BJP government's persistent efforts to create a duopoly in the sector. "The disastrous consequences of that agenda are now exploding in full public view," he said.